Yuri's Wolves and Luftwaffe Tornado for Team Yankee

Over at Conscript HQ we're getting ready to stage a big Team Yankee game at Legions Maxximus (nee Legio-Con) next weekend. So I've been motivated to paint a bit of Soviet armour to balance out the masses of lovely West German and Canadian models that Greg's been turning out.

I picked up the new "Yuri's Wolves" boxed set. What a bargain! Five T-64s, two BMP-1s or -2s, decals, crew, AND a mini rulebook for less than $60. That's gotta be a deal in anyone's book.

Here we go with the BMP-2s.

Great little models, easy to assemble and accurate enough for me.

The models were sprayed black, then basecoated with a spray of Krylon Camouflage ultra-flat green - just about perfect for Soviet armour. Wash of Agrax Earthshade, drybrush with Ushabti Bone... tracks painted rusty brown, dust weathering completed with more Ushabti, lenses painted, done.

If the BMPs are nice, the T-64s are AWESOME. These are the machines you want as a Soviet player: a few more points than T-72s, but better armour and the amazing range of the AT-8 "Kobra/Songster" ATGM make this tank the one to have.

Paint technique was identical to the BMP-2s.

Nice, eh??

Now let's balance things out a bit with some NATO love. Here's a Tornado attack aircraft.

This is a 1/144 scale plastic model kit purchased off eBay for a very reasonable price, at least when compared to what Battlefront want for their resin aircraft.

Not being an expert in ground attack loadouts I just assembled the plane per instructions. Swing wings were fixed in position as well. Paint scheme was cribbed from the excellent "Wings Palette" website with kit decals. Sorted!

Well, as noted, I hope to get these models into action next week at Legions Maxximus. See you there!